McConnell Announces $5.6 Million for Community Health Centers in Kentucky

Senator McConnell played a key role in securing the highest level of funding ever devoted to combating the opioid crisis.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced on Wednesday, September 19, 2018 that, as a result of an agreement he brokered, community health centers in the Commonwealth of Kentucky will receive nearly $5.6 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The funding will be used to support HHS’s Five-Point Opioid Strategy nationwide.

The funding was approved by Congress earlier this year, and Senator McConnell played a key role in securing $4.6 billion to continue combating this pressing crisis. That’s the highest level of funding ever devoted to fighting the opioid crisis.

“I want to thank the Trump administration for working with me to provide critical resources to Kentucky to help combat the opioid epidemic. The bipartisan funding agreement I negotiated earlier this year will provide the necessary funds to bolster our ongoing national struggle against opioid addiction and substance abuse. It will fund new grants, prevention and treatment programs, and law enforcement efforts in vulnerable communities across our Commonwealth,” said Senator McConnell.

The following Community Health Centers in Kentucky were awarded funding:

Audubon Area Community Care Clinic, Inc.	Owensboro	$249,942
Big Sandy Health Care, Inc.	Prestonsburg	$285,000
Community Health Centers of Western Ky., Inc.	Greenville	$175,313
Cumberland Family Medical Center, Inc.	Burkesville	$285,500
Eastern Kentucky University	Richmond	$305,420
Family Health Centers, Inc.	Louisville	$285,000
Grace Community Health Center, Inc.	Corbin	$285,000
Health Help, Incorporated	McKee	$285,000
HealthFirst Bluegrass, Inc.	Lexington	$285,000
Juniper Health, Inc.	Beattyville	$285,000
Kentucky Mountain Health Alliance, Inc.	Hazard	$285,000
Ky. River Foothills Development Council, Inc.	Richmond	$285,000
Lewis County Primary Care Center, Inc.	Vanceburg	$285,000
Mountain Comprehensive Care Center, Inc.	Prestonsburg	$285,000
Mountain Comprehensive Health Corporation	Whitesburg	$293,538
Pennyroyal Healthcare Service Inc.	Princeton	$285,000
Regional Health Care Affiliates, Inc.	Providence	$285,000
Shawnee Christian Healthcare Center, Inc.	Louisville	$285,000
Sterling Health Solutions, Inc.	Mount Sterling	$294,250
Triad Health System Inc.	Warsaw	$285,000

Wednesday’s announcement builds on Congress’s ongoing efforts and will help deliver more relief to the millions of Americans who continue to battle addiction, including thousands in Kentucky. On Monday, the U.S. Senate passed landmark opioid legislation, The Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018, which contains provisions from two bills sponsored by Senator McConnell. The first is the Comprehensive Addiction Recovery through Effective Employment and Reentry (CAREER) Act, which expands grants and targets funding for treatment, transitional housing, and job training and placement services to help individuals in recovery find their footing and maintain their sobriety. The second is the Protecting Moms and Infants Act, which will refine our federal efforts to combat the effects of opioids on expecting mothers and their unborn children.

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